Playstation 3 Information

[JohnnyTAE]

I was reading a recent article that was talking about playstation 3's new revolutionary cell technology which would replace the cpu using ultra small silicon tidbits containing tiny processors meshed with memory and communication circuits. IBM presumes that the cell technolgy Dime sized piece of silicon will pack the power of 36 desktops at a mere cost of 5$; also IBM shceme call for each cell to contain the equivalent of a 1 ghz processor and for cell chips to hold 500mb to 1gb of memory for allocating among cells as needed. The technology for merging processors with memory is not a new thing it is used in modern appliances, multimedia gear, and cars, the only new objective of IBM's cell technology is to have this done at much higher minicule. That is why Sony is teaming up with Ibm and Toshiba to make the new console which current financial planning delegates 400 million dollars for production costs. If the PS3 actually incorporates cell technology game design, and game playing will change. For example, with the cell chip design you wouldn't have a single cpu running data for several charcters at a time instead, it would be more likely that a single cell would control it's own character endowing each one it's own brain. However, cell technology would require more then a dvd to make a game remotely satisfying, therefore speculations of the ps3 running through an internet connection to feed its hungry cells are rampant.

[Sum Yung Guy]

Damn that sounds like something that could easily power real time 3d photorealistic games at extreme high resolutions with fps soaring past 200. And each character its own cell. imagine the AI then.... is there anyword on when the ps3 is projected for?

[JohnnyTAE]

current projections is between 2004-2006 from different sources but sony said they would not release the ps3 untill the ps2 stops selling or they have a competitor to deal with

["CRØNîC-KîLLå"]

na i refuse to believe this...allthough in theory, what is available to the public, is allready exactlly 10 years behind, and i believe that.

[JohnnyTAE]

it is my summarization of what is contained in the recent gamepro
sounds unreal but it is really on the verge of the present

[mightychicken]

http://www.misinformer.com/archive/2001/01/15/

[badboy]

hey people said nintendo was unreal and people said ps2 was unreal what did u expect they always come out with new stuff ever 2 years its a livin to take peoples money u know

[JohnnyTAE]

Yeah but all those were based off of current technology no groundbreakers in ne of them but this is something big to the computer world, If they succed it won't only be in only ps3 It will be in all the newer computers, gadgets, appliances, cars and it's supposed to be really cheap

[Hellmonkeys]

Actually, PS used CD's wich was pretty much ground breaking considering the only other consoles that used CD's before failed. But, yea, theres an article in PSM also but I am too lazy to go and find it and post it.

[JohnnyTAE]

you know anyother object that uses cells? and cd's already existed and was used by computers so the technology was already explored

[VComegasin]

I think this PS3 is going to be a very advenced technology. Maybe we will never get away from it, we are addicted~

[ViciousMilitia]

i can't wait

[VComegasin]

we still need to wait around 5 years or when there is another competor from other company~

[dominator73439]

ITS CALLED GS CUBE I DONT KNOW WHY BUT ITS GONNA BE THE PS3 EVERY BODY SAIS IN NEWSPAPER ARTICALS * CASE CLOSED *

[JohnnyTAE]

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/370/370330p1.html

[JohnnyTAE]

Originally Written by Official Playstation Magazine
By now, you've most likely heard of "cell," the mysterious new multimedia processor being jointly constructed by Sony Computer Entertainment, IBM, and Toshiba. You're also no doubt aware that Cell technology will be at the heart of the next playstation console, and it was recently announced that design for the inner workings of cell is all but wrapped up, meaning that Cell is on schedule to go into commercial production by the end of 2004. So what's that mean to you and me? Well, that the ps3 is completely on target to release in the year 2005, and it's going to be a console which absolutely breaks all conventional rules for processor power-it's going to be a monster.
Why? Well, here's a little idea of how the technology works; Cell is different from standard micro-processors in that it will essentially have multiple personalities inside a given chip, there will be multiple "cells," all capable of processing data on their own. What basically means is that some of the cells, or processor cores, could be dedicated for heavy computational tasks, while others could focus on graphics or sounds for games. According to the recent CNET article,Cell will be able to deliver 1 trillion calculations per second (teraflop) or more of floating-point calculation, which when you do the math, means that if it can do more then 1 teraflop, it sets the chip at roughly 100 times more powerful than a single pentium 4 chip running at 2.5GHz.
But where things start to get really interesting is how these cell microprocessors, which will be used in everything from PS3's to other household appliances such as TV sets-can communicate with each other, effectively joining together to pool their processing powers. A TV and video-recording device could, for example, couple their power to render the graphics of an animated movie on the fly. "it's like a beehive-Cell componets can also be ganged together." Richard Doherty, an analyst with Envisioneering Group, told CNET. Since Sony plans on having PS3s linked up over a broadband network to spread the computaional tasks, this can have a huge effect on the console. According to Sony this will allow for a potential thousandfold increase in power over the PS2, a feat that tradtional hardware advancements would take decades to achieve. Every time you turn on your PS3 you'll be adding to the "collective" power of the system, "We are working for the third generation [playstation] with this very aggresive and crazy goal," Shin'ichi Okamoto, chief technical officer for Sony, Said earlier this year "Moore's Law is too slow for us."
While it sounds like there's still lots of testing to be done on the Cell technology, not to mention the massive undertaking to make this sort of broadband computation happen. Sony president Ken Kutaragi firmly believes his company will be able to put it off. "When the processor is ready around 2005, the installation will begin and I hope that 100 million to 200 million processors will form what we can really call a broadband network by 2010."

you better read it I had to hand type it in, from what I read in OPM...

so phenomonal

[VComegasin]

I read it, and I was impressed. and i am not easily impressed, but I was just amazed, and I am not easily amazed....Blah Blah Blah~~~

[Sum Yung Guy]

what if.... we we all read about how iraq got all them ps2's and could possibly make weapons and shit..... would ps3's make building nukes so much easier? espically 10 of them put together

[JiN-RaiDeN]

I don't understand how the Playstation 3 games will be network compatiable. Even a T3 modem would not be able to transfer all the intense information that the games on the Playstation 3 will incorporate. Then again I don't know shit about broadband. All I know is Socom.

[JiN-RaiDeN]

...oh yeah, and fine asian girls.

[RoboticSilence]

Originally posted by Sum Yung Guy
Damn that sounds like something that could easily power real time 3d photorealistic games at extreme high resolutions with fps soaring past 200. And each character its own cell. imagine the AI then.... is there anyword on when the ps3 is projected for?

2083... when hair metal and "bop" music come back...

[Saintofsouls]

Omg i better die before that happens god forbid i live that long :(